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con⋅trol

  [kuhn-trohl] verb, -trolled, -trol⋅ling, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command.
2. to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
3. to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.
4. to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire.
5. Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.
–noun
6. the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who's in control here?
7. the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control.
8. check or restraint: Her anger is under control.
9. a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls.
10. a standard of comparison in scientific experimentation.
11. a person who acts as a check; controller.
12. a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.
13. controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.
14. prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control.
15. Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.
16. Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.
17. a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance.
18. the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME co(u)ntrollen (v.) < AF contreroller to keep a duplicate account or roll, deriv. of contrerolle (n.). See counter-, roll

Related forms:
con⋅trol⋅la⋅ble, adjective, noun
con⋅trol⋅la⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, con⋅trol⋅la⋅ble⋅ness, noun
con⋅trol⋅la⋅bly, adverb
con⋅trol⋅less, adjective
con⋅trol⋅ling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. manage, govern, rule. 2. restrain, bridle, constrain. 6. management, government, reign, rule, mastery. See authority.
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con·trol   (kən-trōl')   
tr.v.   con·trolled, con·trol·ling, con·trols
  1. To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct. See Synonyms at conduct.
  2. To adjust to a requirement; regulate: controlled trading on the stock market; controls the flow of water.
  3. To hold in restraint; check: struggled to control my temper.
  4. To reduce or prevent the spread of: control insects; controlled the fire by dousing it with water.
    1. To verify or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.
    2. To verify (an account, for example) by using a duplicate register for comparison.
n.  
  1. Authority or ability to manage or direct: lost control of the skidding car; the leaders in control of the country.
    1. One that controls; a controlling agent, device, or organization.
    2. An instrument or set of instruments used to operate, regulate, or guide a machine or vehicle. Often used in the plural.
    3. A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment.
    4. An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.
  3. A restraining device, measure, or limit; a curb: a control on prices; price controls.
    1. A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment.
    2. An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.
  5. An intelligence agent who supervises or instructs another agent.
  6. A spirit presumed to speak or act through a medium.

[Middle English controllen, from Anglo-Norman contreroller, from Medieval Latin contrārotulāre, to check by duplicate register, from contrārotulus, duplicate register : Latin contrā-, contra- + Latin rotulus, roll, diminutive of rota, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]
con·trol'la·bil'i·ty n., con·trol'la·ble adj., con·trol'la·bly adv.
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Main Entry: con·trolled
Pronunciation: k&n-'trOld
Function: adjective
: regulated by law with regard to possession and use <controlleddrugs>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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